. >> yeah, keep us posted. >> thank you. >> let us know how we can help out. as chairman of the homeland security committee, we've been bouncing this question around. we have no idea -- and i'm a friend of david petraeus. we have no idea how this investigation began, how it spiraled the way it spiraled and how somebody that had a buddy in the fbi could launch an investigation into personal conduct that could bring down the director of the cia. >> joe, i share all of your concerns here. and i'm on the intelligence committee. mike rogers is the chairman. but i strongly believe that david petraeus has to be a witness at that hearing. if not this week, then weeks after. but as far as the fbi investigation itself, i agree with you. i don't know how this rises to the level of an fbi investigation. secondly, joe, and this to me is the most important thing. once the fbi realized that it was investigating the director of the cia or the cia director had come within its focus or its scope, i believe at that time they had an absolute obligation to tell the president. not